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Letters Patent No. 76,216, dated ,Marck 31, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN LINING BOOTS AND SHOES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCEBN:

Be it known that we, TIMOTHY LucnY and JAMES E. MURPHY, both of Salem,in the county ot Essex, and State of Massachusetts, havefinvented' anImprovement in Applying Linings to Boots and Shoes; and we do- -berebydeclare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings whichaccompany and form part of this specification, is a description of ourinventionsnihcient to enable those skilled in the art' to practise it.

In the manufacture of boots and shoes, especially those for womens wear,the linings for covering the inner solesare generally applied by hand,and asthe under surface of a lining is .covered'with cement, it isdillicult, in introducing it by hand, to bring its whole surface intoproperposition with 'relation to the corresponding surface of the innersoleii p l The object of our invention is tosubstitute (in effecting theintroduction and application of the lining) a device for holding thelining :tt-length, and for introducing it into the shoe in suchmanner'as to keep its cementapplied surface clear from the' sole untilit is brought into position in which the wholc'surface of the lining isopposite to the surface of the sole to which it is to be attached; andour invention consists, primarily, in av lining-holder or table,combined with a jack or `device having a. salient end forenteringtheshoeg` thisjack having lips or points for supporting the shoeand keeping the cement-applied surface out of contact with the sole, andthe lining-carrier having a mechanism for forcing it up into contactwith the sole at the proper time.

The drawing represents a machine embodying our invention.

A shows a plan of the same; B, a rear elevation thereof; C, a" sectionon the line u; .t.

adenot-es a base, supporting a post or standard, b, fixed upon the topof which is a jack,.c, the heel part of which rests upon the pest,leaving the main portion projecting laterally from the post, as seen atC. This l jack is made in boxform, or has lips or flanges, el, as seenat A, and in the bottom thereoi` is a plate,e, fixed to the-end ofa-rod,f, running through the post b. The lower end of this rod isconnected to a lever, g, which may be a hand-lever, as seen at B, or atreadle-lever, to be operated by foot, a suitable spring being appliedto hold the plate e, normally, at the bottom of the jack. This plate eis to hold the lining to be applied; and for the purpose of 'bringingthe liningl against the irregular surface of the inner sole, the top ofthe plate is sur; faced with some elastic material, which will yieldwhen the plate is pressed up to the surface of the sole.

The manner of using the machine will be readily understood. The liningis laid upon the elastic bed t", and its upper surface iscovered withthe paste or cement which is to attach it to the inner sole. The shoe,

' turned bottom side up, is then drawn upon the jack, the sides of theinner sole, adjacent to theftoe, resting on the toe-end of the flangesd, and the edges of the sole, at the heel of the shoe, upon the flangeat the heel-end of the jack. The shoe being thus supported, (the anges dkeeping the surface of the lining from contact with i the solo while thcshoe is being drawnover thvcrjaclg) when the shoe is brought to correctposition, the plate e is' raised by lifting the rod f, thus carrying thelining against the inner sole, into all parts ofthe surface of which tto be covered by the lining it is brought into contact' and adheres.When the upward pressure upon the redis withdrawn, the spring carriesthe plate c down into the jack, leaving the lining attached to the innersole by its cement. By these means linings can be very' much morerapidly and evenly applied than by hand,thus effect- Ying animportant-saving, both in time and expense, and making a better shoe.'

A second lever may be employed in connection with the lever g, suchlever being fulcrumed in the side b of the standard or post Z1, andinstead of the ilanges'cZ,'tlic jack may have pins or projections forsupporting the shoe, and the construction may be otherwise variouslymodied without departure from the essence of our inveni tion. Thestationary jack-plate may itself have an elastic bed, without themovable plate e, the lining vbeing placed on said elastic bed, and theshoe drawn over it; but as care would have to be taken to keep thelining away from the inner sole, in drawing the shoe upon vthe jack,such arrangementwould not be as practical as that shown. Or the plate emay be stationary with the flanges d, arranged to be drawn down when theshoe is brought into posit-ion; but such construction would be lesssimple than that described.

. We claim, in combination with a jack or plate supported at its heel ona post or standard, an elastic or yielding surface for holding acement-applied lining, tobe applied to a shoe, substantielly as setforth.

We also claim combining thelinng-plate'e with the jack c and its flangesd, oi the equivalents thereof, the plate e vbeing su'pported upon a rod,and being raised and lowered substantially as described.

TIMOTHY LUOEY, JAMES E. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

` J. B. CROSBY,

FRANCIS GOUL-D.

